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Deck Dogz
(2005) [M]

Three youths skate across Sydney to meet their hero, Tony Hawk, who is hosting a pro skating competition. Hearing about a contest at the oceanside Beachbowl, where visiting American star Tony Hawk is awarding sponsorships, the trio set out on an overnight trek, pursued by police, drug-pushers and...  More

Ray (2 Disc Set)
(2004) [M]

Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Ray found his calling and his gift at a piano...  More

Spanglish
(2004) [M]

From acclaimed multiple Oscar-winning writer/director/producer James L. Brooks comes the comedy/drama SPANGLISH - a look at cultures colliding as a beautiful native Mexican woman Flor (Paz Vega), the mother of an equally stunning 12-year-old becomes the housekeeper for an affluent Los Angeles...  More

Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto
(1954) [PG]

Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war....  More

Il Bidone (The Swindle)
(1955) [M]

Part of Fellini's "Trilogy of loneliness" - with 'La Strada' and 'Nights Of Cabiria' - Il Bidone is a powerful, humorous and heartbreaking portrait of an aging man's redemption from a life of crime and deception. Stars Giulietta Masina (Juliet of the Spirits) and Academy Award Winner Broderick...  More

Happenstance
(2000) [M]

The Beating of The Butterfly's Wings is an innovative examination of the chaos theory in action, as the film follows a dozen or so characters whose tiniest and seemingly most random gestures create ripples and waves in other peoples lives. A woman on the morning train tells that the full moon...  More

The Book of Life
(1998) [M]

The end of the millennium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens if Jesus Christ has second thoughts about the Apocalypse? It is December 31, 1999 and New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdelina discuss and...  More

15
(2003) [R]

A provocative film acted by real street kids, 15 exposes a gritty side of modern-day Singapore life that will blow your mind… “Growing up in the world’s most oppressive nanny state can be bad for your mental health, and 15 tells it like it is. 26-year-old Royston Tan’s social satire has...  More

Baadasssss!
(2003) [M]

Critics and audiences alike have gotten behind Mario Van Peebles' candid portrait of his father Melvin's struggle as a young, black director during the society-shifting early '70s. Determined to make a film that matters, Melvin (played by son Mario) deals with two-faced backers, a rag tag crew,...  More

Madame Sata
(2002) [MA]

Born to slaves in the arid wasteland of Northern Brazil and sold by his mother at the age of seven, Joao Francisco pursued his freedom on the mean streets of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Jet-black, six feet tall, with solid muscle bursting through a silk shirt and tight pants - a cut throat razor in his...  More